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Title Upper Overflow Parking Area at Camp Store - Time: 2:30 p.m.
Title Note Pictures of congestion
Date October 17, 1965
Description Image shows a grassy area near a road, and there are many automobiles parked upon it. There is a parking area in the background of the image that is full of cars, and there is a line of automobiles on the road, headed toward the parking area. A few people are standing near the automobiles. Flat Top Mountain is visible in the background of the image. The image was taken in the Peaks of Otter area, near milepost 86 in Section 1K of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Taken by David L. Tomlinson on October 17, 1965.
Location Location Name: Peaks of Otter
Parkway Milepost: 86.0
Latitude: 37.433333
Longitude: -79.604722
Creator Individual David L. Tomlinson
Tags Automobile parking
Automobiles
Bedford County (Va.)
Flat Top Mountain (Va.)
Peaks of Otter (Va.)
People
Photographs
Credit Courtesy National Park Service, Blue Ridge Parkway